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Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, @Penn's hub for multidisciplinary research and education on health care delivery, health policy & population health
Philadelphia, Pa.
Joined September 2013
During the COVID-19 pandemic, officials relied on rapidly evolving science and data to make high-stakes decisions about stay-at-home orders, mask mandates & more. Join us for our seminar discussing the health, social, and economic impacts of those choices.
ldi.upenn.edu
This seminar will take stock of how data, evidence, communications, and politics shaped pandemic-era health policy and the politics of today.
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A new study from LDI Fellow Christopher B. Forrest (@ChrisBForrest) and colleagues shows that U.S. children are facing a sweeping decline in health—from rising chronic illness and emotional distress to earlier puberty and higher mortality. Read more here:
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Children in the United States are dying sooner and are sicker now than they were twenty years ago. Chronic disease is more common.
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This study features research by LDI Fellow Danielle Cullen of @ChildrensPhila and @PennMedicine. CC: @PolicyLabCHOP @AcademicPeds.
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A pilot trial offered a free produce delivery program to WIC-eligible families, then added a $5/$10 fee after 4 weeks. Participation was associated with increased produce access & ability to eat healthy, but decreased with introduction of cost. Read more:.
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RT @PennPARC: Several PARC Research Assocaites are pictured here: "Photo & Text Report: Penn LDI at the 2025 @AcademyHealth Research Meetin….
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It was angst and anguish at a meeting of health services research scientists whose field is under seige
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RT @aidan__crowley: Enjoyed working on this piece with our great team at @TheParityCenter—read on to learn more about our recent work on bu….
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🚨 New research: Bundled payments save money on outpatient surgeries — and cut readmissions by 30%. With Medicare’s new mandatory TEAM model in 2026, aligning hospitals + physicians will be key. Value-based care is becoming more useful. Read more here: .
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Medicare will launch a new – and mandatory – bundled payment model, the Transforming Episode Accountability Model (TEAM), in 2026. The model will randomly select hospitals to participate…
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A new study describes the development of a postpartum chatbot designed to support patients during a critical—but often hard-to-access—phase of pregnancy. Results show it's both feasible and well-received, with strong patient engagement. Read more here:.
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Background The “fourth trimester”, or postpartum time period, remains a critical phase of pregnancy that significantly impacts parents and newborns. Care poses challenges due to complex individual...
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Check out our recent brief on this research here:
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Safety net hospital funding from federal, state, and local governments relies on definitions that yield highly variable results.
New research out in @JAMANetwork highlights trade-offs when considering different options for defining safety net hospitals ft. @ChatterjeePaula (@PennDGIM), @joshliaotweets (@PennLDI), Kano Amagai, Yueming Zhao, @TorreyShirk & @AmolNavathe (@PennMEHP)
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Researchers analyzed racial concordance of Black nurses & patients in 574 hospitals. While hospitals serving more Black patients tend to employ more Black nurses, there are still relatively few Black nurses in high Black-serving hospitals (BSH). Read more:.
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. Evidence shows that minority patients receive better care from a diverse workforce. The racial composition of hospital nurses and its correlation to patients remains unreported. Objective To...
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📊 New chart: Older Black adults with abdominal pain are less likely than White patients to receive CT or ultrasound in the emergency department. Learn more here:
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Compared to white patients of the same age, older Black patients were less likely to receive diagnostic imaging when they go to the ED with abdominal pain.
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, officials relied on rapidly evolving science and data to make high-stakes decisions about stay-at-home orders, mask mandates & more. Join us for our seminar discussing the health, social, and economic impacts of those choices.
ldi.upenn.edu
This seminar will take stock of how data, evidence, communications, and politics shaped pandemic-era health policy and the politics of today.
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To address nicotine misperceptions, researchers created targeted, curiosity-eliciting messages for 3 populations. These significantly reduced misperceptions in Black & rural adults, but weren't more effective than standard ones for young adults. Read more:
nature.com
Scientific Reports - Targeting three United States priority populations of people who smoke with educational nicotine messages using curiosity-eliciting strategies
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